Established in 2015, Abstracte is a contemporary art initiative led by two painters from The Netherlands. With great pleasure they place abstract art on the center stage. The ambition of their platform is to be international - by realizing projects through cooperation with external parties, it aims to establish a broad network. The goal of each collaborative work is to present and preserve the vitality of abstract art. The purpose of the projects is to display abstract art in all it’s vigor. Unruly to the Art-scene’s order.

Projects

2023

Scherp Zicht

KIC, Zagreb

2022

PEK

Kirstin Arndt, Peggy Franck, Joanne Greenbaum, Arjan Janssen, Britte Koolen, Jan Willem van Welzenis

Kara Kitap

Curated by Abstracte and The Court

Joshua Evan, Arjan Janssen, Riki Mijling, Esther Miquel, Peter Mohall, Maurizio Vicerè, Jan Willem van Welzenis, Josef Zekoff

2018

Constructor

Concept by Luc Hoekx

Kirstin Arndt, Bob Bonies, Erwin Cattoor, Willem Cole, Mario De Brabandere, Johan Gelper, Luc Hoekx, Arjan Janssen, Gracia Khouw, Jai Llewellyn, Riki Mijling, Karim Noureldin, Lon Pennock, Vincent de Roder, Rainer Splitt, Shawn Stipling, Takashi Suzuki, Piet Tuytel

Notre Dame des Fleurs

Kirstin Arndt, Iris Bouwmeester, Henrik Eiben, Jan Willem van Welzenis

and poet Bas Geerts

Who Loves the Sun

Anna-Maria Bogner, Bob Bonies, Gabriele Herzog, Arjan Janssen, Franziska Reinbothe, Struan Teague, Piet Tuytel, Bart Vandevijvere, Jan Willem van Welzenis, John Zinsser

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GANZ NICHTS

Arjan Janssen, Takashi Suzuki, Jan Willem van Welzenis

​De Lachende Cavalier

Sasha Pichushkin, Caterina Silva, Struan Teague, Tess Williams

2016

From Scratch

Kirstin Arndt, Koen Delaere, Wim De Pauw, Arjan Janssen, Jos van Merendonk, Vincent de Roder, Tyra Tingleff, Jan Willem van Welzenis​

Reviews

Viva the Artist Curator!, Tique Art Paper #1, BE

From Scratch @Pictura, Trendbeheer, NL